Aligned with the National Board of Medical Examiners format. Authored & peer-reviewed by faculty, clinicians, and clerkship directors.
Each question is written to resemble the format and topics on the exam, meaning you won’t see any negatively phrased questions, no “all of the following except,” no “A and B”…you know what we mean. Most importantly, all questions include selective distractors (incorrect answer choices), which will help you think critically.
This patient has symptoms consistent with human monocytic ehrlichiosis, a tick-borne infection spread by Amblyomma americanum, or lone star ticks. The most commonly responsible organism, Ehrlichia chaffeensis, is a gram-negative, small, obligate intracellular bacterium. States with the highest incidence of human monocytic ehrlichiosis in recent years include New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Delaware, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Most cases are seen predominantly in May through September, largely because there are higher numbers of lone star ticks during this time. Symptoms… Read More
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After each explanation is a straightforward question with a simple, memorizable answer that reinforces the corresponding topic.
True or false: transmission of ehrlichiosis from a tick requires 1–2 days of tick attachment to a human.
Ehrlichiosis and Anaplasmosis
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